chorioretinitis; ocular toxoplasmosis

Etiology

• toxoplasmosis in immunodeficent patients

Pathology

• inflammation of the choroid & retina
• necrotizing retinitis
• vitreous inflammation

Clinical manifestations

• fluffy white necrotizing retinitis adjacent to pigmented chorioretinal scar
• vitreous inflammation
• vision loss, presumably painful

Differential diagnosis

• cytomegalovirus retinitis
  • painless vision loss
  • no significant vitreous inflammation

Management

• see toxoplamsosis
• no therapeutic approach is curative of ocular toxoplasmosis

More general terms

• posterior uveitis (choroiditis)
• retinitis

Additional terms

• choroid
• retina